Talk:Crawfordsville, Indiana/Archive 1

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To Anon Users
Please be aware of WP:DICK or WP:CIVIL when making edits and summaries. Best, Parvati ParvatiBai 18:42, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Just saying: I think those population percentages in racial demography are in need for an update. No offense to any race, but I'm willing to bet that the racial demographics have shifted quite a bit in favor of the hispanics and some minorities from oppourtunities from Wabash and in the workforce. Hedrick's phone just went off in class. GTG —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harmonicartist (talk • contribs) 12:38, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Clean-up
Good golly, it's the county seat of mighty Montgomery, it could stand a page that represents its grandeur. Will do some gardening. I have rewritten a lot but still need to source. ParvatiBai 16:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Crawfordsville is located at 40°2'20" North, 86°53'48" West (40.038831, -86.896755)

It seems to me that it'd be more accurate to say that "a terrestrial point some 200m south-southeast of the Crawfordsville post office is located at 40°2'20" North [latitude], 86°53'48" West [longitude] (40.038831, -86.896755)". Or has someone determined that these coordinates approximate the geometric center of the sprawl that is Crawfordsville?

A latitudinal minute is about (about) a mile; a longitudinal minute (at Crawfordsville's latitude) is a little less. Unless someone were asking me to provide them with precise gunnery coordinates for some strategic target in the alley (the alley that would otherwise be called the Elm Street/Maple Court "corridor") between Wabash Avenue and Jefferson Street, I think I'd make them settle for 40°3' N and 86°54' W.

But wouldn't the accurate "center" of town be considered in the middle of the intersection of Main St. and Washington St. (US 231)?

Ben Hur
Jesus Movement is probably a poor choice of words here because it has a completely seperate connotation and I don't thing anybody has every seriously referred to Ben Hur as a novel concerning the Jesus Movement.--Isotope23 19:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm certainly not going to argue with an administrator over something as insignificant as Ben Hur. I don't wish to start a revert war, so I'll leave the edit. I will just mention that the 'Jesus Movement' is not a separate connotation at all. It is the academic definition of Christianity before the Council of Nicea and arguably later, since Christianity is an anachronistic term. I was referring to the time period, not what people say about the novel, which is quite obviously 'Christian.' Best, ParvatiBai 20:22, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I was referring specifically to the fact that Jesus Movement is a name linked to a counterculture movement and that term could be seen as confusing in light of that fact, especially if someone came along and wikilinked it. I'm aware of the academic usage too, but I think if this got wikilinked it could be confusing to some readers.  As an aside, when it comes to content differences, I am an editor just like you.  My being an admin is not a big deal and content discussions with me should be treated as such.  Just because I have a mop and bucket to clean up around here doesn't give me more status or clout than any other editor.--Isotope23 19:24, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Jesus walked to work —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harmonicartist (talk • contribs) 12:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Indiana
I moved the Wiki Project Indiana Banner to the bottom of the talk page ADH 20:04, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Links to Montgomery County

 * "montgomery already linked multiple times"

I am in the midst of adding historical information to all of the cities in Montgomery County, including Crawfordsville. I plan to include a consistent thread (See also: Montgomery County) to all the city articles.

So don't be surprised if this gets re-added to the Crawfordsville article as well. ADH 03:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Mr. William Crawford
Crawfordsville was named in honor of Colonel William H. Crawford, who was the cabinet officer who had issued Whitlock's commission as Receiver of Public Lands.[1] Col. Crawford, who came from Virginia, was captured by hostile Indians on the river Sandusky in 1782 and burned at the stake. [4]

Colonel Crawford (1732-1782) may or may not have had the middle initial "H."; William Harris Crawford's (1772-1834) middle initial was "H.", but he wasn't ever a colonel. He was, however, a member of the cabinet under Presidents Madison and Monroe. I'm inclined to think that the latter Crawford was the one Major Whitlock admired and honored, rather than the one who'd met with tragedy a generation earlier.

At any rate, the facts the article currently contains are not (even close to) accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.148.108.83 (talk) 08:37, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

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you killed her that was wtog to do that its wrog  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.9.81 (talk) 23:16, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Wabash/Depauw Rivalry
Worth mentioning by someone who knows more about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.250.226 (talk) 14:31, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

I believe there is already a page on it. Could be wrong, but it's linked on the Wabash page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjstorms2 (talk • contribs) 12:41, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

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Mayors?
Show me one other good or featured city article with a section containing a list of its mayors. If we keep the info, it should be a footnote under History., and it's still dubious. Sbalfour (talk) 18:30, 28 November 2018 (UTC)